This iconic South Pacific isle was once home to post-impressionist French painter Paul Gauguin.

The exotic siren call of gloriously lush Tahiti was too seductive for Paul Gauguin to resist: in his 40s, he left Mrs. G and five children behind and set out for the "primitive paradise" of late 19th century French Polynesia. The artist gained massive fame after his death, as well as a controversial legacy, for his Tahiti paintings featuring adolescent Polynesian girls.

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